The Bathtub

A couple weeks ago I noticed a bubble on the floor of out bathtub.  Within 2 days it grew from the size of a quarter to the size of a softball.  We have an old house and it seems as though someone a while back painted our cast iron tub to freshen it up.  It appears as though it is delaminating.  I decided after a good bit of research on the web to attempt to repaint it myself.  However I started by chipping the top layer of paint off first.  This took several evenings after work to complete.

Today I took a half day to finish the chipping, cleanup and paint.  The paint takes 72 hours to dry and with the Thanksgiving holiday upon us the timing was perfect.  With spending the weekend up in Quakertown we will have the chance to let the paint dry.  Looks pretty good - keeping my fingers crossed that its durable.

Leaky Pipes

Ahh, the joy of old homes. Jeanette astutely noticed the sump pump going on yesterday and we hadn't had any rain.  I went down in the basement to find water on the floor and hear that dreaded hissing sound.  This is the third time in the past couple months we've had a tiny pinhole leak in a copper supply line.  Nottice the tiny little dark are in the center of the pipe on the right side of the valve - that's it.  The fix this time was pretty easy but man this is getting annoying.

Location : Appleton Rd, Landenberg, PA 19350,

Wood

We've been working hard to get ready for the winter and I have to say this looks to be the most prepared, in terms of wood, we've ever been. A friend had some giant poplars fall down in the back of their home and Jeanette and I have been working on clearing them. This will go well with the oak and maple we already had. Looking forward to some nice winter evenings by the woodstove.

The Door

Well, I've been working on several things on the truck trying to get it all fixed up.  One of them was the passenger side door which you had to run into like a linebacker in order to shut.  I figured, how hard could this be to fix... well it wasn't easy.  I definitely made it worse before it got better.  For several days the truck was without a door while a painstaking worked through fixing a problem I created ( moved the hinges on the frame; ran the door accidentally into the quarter panel; bend metal on both pieces).  Ultimately I re-bent the metal and replaced the bushings in the upper hinge.  She closes nicely now, and looks a little meaner with the missing paint and dented body.